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A Monday Mystery
On a walk in the woods in Highland, N.Y., I encountered this bare patch in the leaves. No other humans had used the path.
What created the bare patch? I'd like to see if your answer matches mine.
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I’m going with termites or a gopher or mole.
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It could have been a clump of mushrooms that have since degraded into a pile of ooze. ? The ground doesn’t look disturbed enough to blame on Turkey scratchings. I am not really sure. I am just guessing!
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I’m going with termites or a gopher or mole.
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It could have been a clump of mushrooms that have since degraded into a pile of ooze. ? The ground doesn’t look disturbed enough to blame on Turkey scratchings. I am not really sure. I am just guessing!